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the notion that our elected leadership cannot do the same thing is mind-boggling to them. it needs to stop. i am modestly optimistic that an agreement can be achieved. nobody will get 100% of what they want. let us make sure that middle- class families and the american economy and the world economy are not adversely impacted because people cannot do their jobs. thank you very much, everybody. >> today on c-span "washington journal" live with your comments, followed by the look at the mouth of coasted in the u.s.. later, a discussion on nasa's budget and mission. >> next, we will continue looking at the fiscal cliff negotiations and how americans would be affected if congress and the white house don't reach a deal. our guest is joseph rosenberg with the tax policy center, followed by a discussion on
the notion that our elected leadership cannot do the same thing is mind-boggling to them. it needs to stop. i am modestly optimistic that an agreement can be achieved. nobody will get 100% of what they want. let us make sure that middle- class families and the american economy and the world economy are not adversely impacted because people cannot do their jobs. thank you very much, everybody. >> today on c-span "washington journal" live with your comments, followed by the look...
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the notion that the elected leadership cannot do the same thing is mind boggling to them and needs to stop. >> i just have to repeat, congress, you are terrible at your jobs. i really don't like working with you. >> we will talk about that, but as much as the public hates the congress, but you get the feeling that the congress's approval rating with the president is in the negative of 75,000%. i know that is not a real number. but he is tired of working with these people. but there's a way that republicans could be helping out the president. everyone knows two things. you are going to get more taxes in a deal after you go over it than in a deal before you over it. the taxes go up across the board, they go up by $5 trillion, so anything that you do, any reasonable deal congress reaches, it will be a big tax cut can. but the other thing about the fiscal cliff, you do not want to be blamed for going over it. it is going to be bad for the economy, it's bad for the country. what speaker boehner has done is create a situation in which we are going to go over the fiscal cliff. but the people
the notion that the elected leadership cannot do the same thing is mind boggling to them and needs to stop. >> i just have to repeat, congress, you are terrible at your jobs. i really don't like working with you. >> we will talk about that, but as much as the public hates the congress, but you get the feeling that the congress's approval rating with the president is in the negative of 75,000%. i know that is not a real number. but he is tired of working with these people. but...
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the notion that our elected leadership can't do the same thing is mind boggling to them. and needs to stop. >> i just have to repeat, congress, you are terrible at your jobs. i really don't like working with you. we're going to talk a bit later in the show about everybody hates congress and what we can do about that. but as much as the public hates congress, you really get the feeling that congress' approval rating among president obama is in the neighborhood of negative 75,000 percent. and yes, numbers geeks, not a real number. but he seems really tired of working with these people. but there is a way in which congress, and particularly congressional republicans may actually be helping president obama out right now. everybody's always known two things about the cliff. you're almost certainly going to get more taxes in a deal after you go over than in a deal before you go over it. that's because after you go over the cliff, taxes already go up for everybody. so anything you do, any reasonable deal congress reaches, it will be a big tax cut. but the other thing about the f
the notion that our elected leadership can't do the same thing is mind boggling to them. and needs to stop. >> i just have to repeat, congress, you are terrible at your jobs. i really don't like working with you. we're going to talk a bit later in the show about everybody hates congress and what we can do about that. but as much as the public hates congress, you really get the feeling that congress' approval rating among president obama is in the neighborhood of negative 75,000 percent....
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they are worried more about primaries than general elections. the best case scenario here is that the senate does craft a compromise that both parties can live with, and it is take it or leave it to the house right up until the deadline, and you figure enough democrats and republicans come together to send it across to the white house. >> stephen dennis, thank you so much for your time. >> absolutely. >> here are president obama's remarks from the white house earlier today. afterwards, we will hear from senators reid and mcconnell from the senate floor. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good afternoon, everybody. for the past couple of months, i have been working with leaders of both parties to try to forge an agreement that would grow our economy and shrink the deficit, a balanced plan that would cut spending in a responsible way but also ask wealthy americans to pay more and protect our middle-class and everyone striving to get into the middle class. i want to ge
they are worried more about primaries than general elections. the best case scenario here is that the senate does craft a compromise that both parties can live with, and it is take it or leave it to the house right up until the deadline, and you figure enough democrats and republicans come together to send it across to the white house. >> stephen dennis, thank you so much for your time. >> absolutely. >> here are president obama's remarks from the white house earlier today....
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>> within this is the bill they should elect. if it wanted to amendments, that is fine. we would hope an up or down vote based on the open a process that occurred on the sunset. thank you everybody. have a nice evening. we will see you, i am 8 short. have a happy new year. -- i am e short. have a happy new year. -- i am sure. have a happy new year. >> on friday the senate approved a $60 billion aid package for her can sandy relief. they also approved a five-year extension of the fis 5 that will allow the government to conduct surveillance of foreign targets without court orders. as for the fiscal cliff, congressional leaders met with the president friday. afterwards, both the house and senate return for work and outstanding legislator business including the fiscal clef on sunday. live at 2:00 on c-span with the votes as early as 6:30. that is live on c-span 2. coming up, a discussion on the nasa budget and mission. >> there are cynics who say it party platform is something nobody bothers to read and does not amount to much. whether it is different this time than ever bef
>> within this is the bill they should elect. if it wanted to amendments, that is fine. we would hope an up or down vote based on the open a process that occurred on the sunset. thank you everybody. have a nice evening. we will see you, i am 8 short. have a happy new year. -- i am e short. have a happy new year. -- i am sure. have a happy new year. >> on friday the senate approved a $60 billion aid package for her can sandy relief. they also approved a five-year extension of the fis...